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From: kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PD Boot Disks
Message-ID: <6804@amdahl.amdahl.com>
Date: Wed, 20-May-87 19:28:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: amdahl.6804
Posted: Wed May 20 19:28:44 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 08:48:01 EDT
References: <504@myrias.UUCP> <1868@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <1541@cadovax.UUCP> <1551@cadovax.UUCP>
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Keywords: Draco compiler shareware includes

In article <1551@cadovax.UUCP>, keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes:
> After all, none of that software will run on anything but Amiga
> hardware.  And, everyone who buys an Amiga gets that software with
> it, so should already have equivalent rights to it anyway.  From a
> user's perspective, the only difference is ease of use.

Once upon a time, there was a company called IBM.  They never expected to
see their big operating systems (MVS, VM, etc.) run on anything but a big
Blue machine.  They were wrong!

Now as unlikely as it is that anyone will ever "clone" the Amiga H/W, it
is in CBM's best interest to fully protect their rights.

It is also in their best interest to provide a method that allows *anyone*
to distribute "turnkey" applications.

Perhaps CBM could allow some minimal set of AmigaDOS commands, libs, devices,
or whatever, to be excluded from copying and redistribution restrictions.
Just enough to Execute a script that would copy anything else that the target
application required from a "real" Workbench floppy, over to the application's
floppy.  This operation would only need to be performed the 1st time the
floppy was "booted".

Anyway, such a compromise might make selling the idea to the lawyers and
bean-counters a little easier for you, Carolyn.  Good luck!

/kim



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